North Oak Cliff
Developer Matt Segrest and his Alamo Manhattan firm can take a hostile crowd of Oak Cliff residents and turn that scenario into a standing ovation in six months’ time. How do they do it? The ethos that defines their team is based on several key traits: tough, professional, disciplined, absolute integrity, no ego, and always…
Arts Mission Oak Cliff usually hosts a different kind of show, but the dance between development and preservation in the neighborhood illustrated by our “Alternatives to Demolition” panel discussion was just as riveting. CandysDirt.com, Heritage Oak Cliff, and Preservation Dallas brought together people from Oak Cliff with developers, preservationists, and city staff for a discussion…
This post has been updated. Several readers reached out to us about two blocks of W. 8th Street between Llewellyn and Madison that appear to be fenced off to prepare for imminent demolition. Only when I contacted District 1 City Council Member Chad West, his office staff confirmed that no permit had been pulled for…
On late spring mornings, when the air is cool and fragrant and the sun hasn’t yet announced the start of a new day, the garden in the front of a certain North Oak Cliff Tudor is in a dew-laden repose, ready to rise and shine and offer a wellspring of beauty and delight. It’s a…
This week we’re revisiting an Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank we featured the other week because, well, I got the price wrong. I said it was listed for $670,000, but it was actually $624,000. Sorry about that. And now, this 2,482-square-foot home is even more attractive because listing agent Mohammed…
